5th - 8th Grade Arts & Crafts Educational Resources

Make your very own fortune cookies from paper and share good fortunes with family and friends.

Learn all about balance and motion as your child designs a corn maze!

Create your own version of an Aboriginal Australian dot painting in this fun activity!

Celebrate the spirit of Dr. King's famous "I Have a Dream" speech with this meaningful and educational art project.

Draw your own beautiful mandala with this easy technique that ensures symmetrical results every time!

Help your learner develop her fine motor and communication skills with this fun and festive fall activity.

Celebrate Kwanzaa with your fourth grader, or introduce them to a new cultural practice, by showing them how to weave a Kwanzaa mat out of an ordinary paper bag!

Do something totally unique and new with a pumpkin this year! Practice designing patterns with stripes, zigzags, or geometric shapes. The sky's the limit!

Make a sweet, budget-friendly treat for your loved ones with these trick-or-treat lollipops.

Create your very own creepy, haunted castle sitting in a turbulent field of flowing grass, eerily surrounded by dark, ominous clouds.

Learn how to make a trick-or-treat bag for Halloween. See how to make a decorative trick-or-treat bag with this Halloween craft tutorial.

Make an initiation shield like the ones from the Kikuyu tribe in Africa for an art project.

Teach your fifth grader about the wonders of wind by making and observing this winter wind chime.

This costume wig is a simple craft that will result in a great item for Halloween, dress up, or pretend play. Make a yarn costume wig with your child.

Shadow puppets are a traditional form of folk art that originated in ancient China. Help your child create his own puppet and put on a show!

Invite your child to craft dream cloud magnets to display their hopes and visions for the future!

Encourage your child to think outside the bathtub by making her very own handmade soaps! Perfect as a present, a decoration, or just to pamper herself.

Show your child how to construct a homemade thermometer. It's hands-on fun and a great way to learn about this important instrument!

Create a string of paper jack-o'-lanterns with this simple Halloween paper craft!

Create a giant octopus from cardboard that holds onto a sea of creatures from its tentacles!

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

This fun art activity gets your child to create background and foreground elements, building his art skills and creative development.